Catalogue Number
NMLH.2022.133.3.8
Object Name
Poster
Title
Giornale socialista quotidiano Roma
Date
around 1970
Description
This portfolio collection is 1/4 of a larger collection of fifty posters produced for the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) from 1892 to 1970. This part consists of 12 posters produced for the PSI publication 'Avanti!' (meaning "Forward!" in English) between 1986 and 1905. This poster features an illustration of a sunset at sea with a group of workers in a rowboat sailing away, one of whom is waving a red flag. Text at the top has the Avanti logo with text underneath reading "Daily socialist newspaper Rome" The bottom of the poster has subscription information. The original design was likely made around 1900 and has been reproduced for this portfolio.
